Before Mister's grandmother died a couple of years ago, she began talking about people who'd been dead a long time - her sister, her
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   Aloha nui loa

   Not unusual at all.

   In Hawai'ian vernacular; there are 10 components of a human being.

   Three selves (three levels of consciousness) Uhane, Unihipili, and Aumakua.

   Three voltages of mana (life force)

   four bodies (three aka bodies for the three selves, and the kino kanaka (physical body) Only the kino kanaka dies. the others continue.

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Mister also told me that years ago, after his grandfather died, he saw him standing at the foot of his bed, just for a moment. Didn't say anything to him, just looked, as if he was getting one last glimpse of his grandson.
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   There have been many similar incidents.

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us, so I am not surprised that I haven't seen him. I did dream about him once, though. I dreamed he came to visit me, and he told me that
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   If you dreamed of him; he has crossed over to the realm od spirit.

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week after her funeral, I was getting ready to leave the office at the end of the day, and suddenly I smelled roses. The scent was only in my cubicle, and nowhere else. I looked around to see if someone
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   You had a visitation from beyond.

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LH, let me know if you ever get down to Tennessee, so I can buy you a beer or other beverage of your choice. I like your philosophies.
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   LH lives in Canada; but I live in tenessee (about 25 miles East of Nashville.

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